[News] Fidel Castro Congratulates Rodriguez Zapatero

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Fidel Castro Congratulates Rodriguez Zapatero

Havana, Mar 16 (PL) Cuban President Fidel Castro has
congratulated Spain´s newly elected Prime Minister Jose
Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and expressed support for his
decision to withdraw the Spanish troops from Iraq before
June 30.

Considering that decision, Fidel Castro has called on
Rodriguez Zapatero not to forget that under pressure from
Jose Maria Aznar as President of the Spanish Government
thousands of young men from small and empoverished Latin
American countries were sent as cannon fodder to Iraq under
the command of the Spanish Legion.

"The Spanish state is therefore responsible for the death
of any of those youths", Fidel Castro holds in a
congratulatory message to Rodriguez Zapatero for his
resounding victory on the Sunday elections.

"The world and in particular the people of our hemisphere
will profoundly appreciate everything you can do, even
before taking office, to prevent that another Latin
American life is spared as it happened in the unjust
holocaust of March 11th", the Cuban leader underlines.

The death of any Salvadorean, Dominican, Honduran and
Nicaraguan young men deployed in Iraq -he continues- will
be too sad if it is not prevented particularly "when the
political responsibility of the main author of the measure
has been erased by the Spanish people".

"Latin American nations have the right, therefore, to hope
for the immediate return of those youths. They don"t have
to wait till June 30th", Fidel Castro points out in his
message.

The Cuban president conveys Rodriguez Zapatero his sincere
recognition for having won the confidence of the Spanish
people, who outraged by the Aznar administration´s
political manipulation of the March 11th terrorist attack,
granted him the victory on the Sunday elections.

He also expresses in the message his deepest admiration and
respect for the Spanish people for their courage and
heroism shown throughout history.

Fidel Castro closes his congratulatory message hoping
Rodriguez Zapatero understands the spirit of his letter and
expressing his sincere respect and consideration.





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